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BW03 - Impulse To Destroy

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1.
Walk Alone 03:12
I WENT TO THE RIVER TO TRY AND WASH AWAY MY SINS BUT THE WATER IT WOULDN'T LET ME IN.ONLY I KNOW THE TRUTH.ACTIONS JUSTIFIED.IF YOU WERE IN MY SHOES, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE? DISAPPOINTMENT? CONSEQUENCE. I'VE TRIED REDEMPTION, I'VE TRIED TO CHANGE AND FIX MYSELF. IT MAKES ME SICK TO REMINISCE ON THE PAIN I'VE INFLICTED FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH THERE'S BEEN TIME SERVED BUT THERE'S NO SOLACE IN ATTRITION. SHRINKING ROOM FULL OF EYES, LONELY MEN BLINDED BY LIES THIS SENSE OF SELF I CALL MY OWN BUT YOU'D HAVE ME WALK ALONE. WHERE IS THIS FLAME YOU'D HAVE ME HOLD? AND A JURY WORTH ITS SALT? I HATE MYSELF I HATE MYSELF FOR YOU. I'VE DRAINED MYSELF; I'VE DRAINED MYSELF FOR YOU. IS THAT NOT ENOUGH?
2.
I WISH I COULD WIPE THIS SLATE CLEAN UNDO THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE. PERSPECTIVE GAINED ON DECISIONS MADE, DO YOU HATE WHAT YOU'VE BECOME? INSIDE MY MIND IT'S A LIVING HELL, CONFLICTING VIEWS I WISH YOU KNOW HOW THIS FELT. SOMETIMES I WANT TO BE SOMEONE ELSE. WE DESPISE OURSELVES IN WAYS WE'D NEVER SHARE, CAUSE DEEP DOWN I'M TERRIFIED IT WOULD KILL YOU INSIDE. LET ME HAVE WHAT I HIDE, JUST BE BY MY SIDE & I'LL BE BY YOURS. THE MOOD IS SET FOR ME TO EXPLOIT, BUT I MUST NEGLECT THE IMPULSE TO DESTROY. DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD.
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Rotting Away 03:45
I DON'T NEED A FALSE SENSE OF MORAL SUPERIORITY, TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT MYSELF. I DON'T TRY TO DISGUISE WHERE I'VE BEEN OR WHAT I'VE SEEN. YOU TRY TO PLAY THE VICTIM WITH A HEART MADE OF GOLD, PEOPLE ARE SO UNFORGIVING AND THEY ALL KNOW THAT THIS CHARADE WON'T LAST YOU MAY HAVE COVERED UP YOUR TRACKS BUT STILL THE STENCH REMAINS AND THE SMILES ROT AWAY. IT MUST BE SO EXHAUSTING DAY TO DAY; YOU FEEL BAD WHO’S TO BLAME? I'LL BE THE BAD GUY FOREVER IF IT HELPS YOU SLEEP. IGNORE YOUR FLAWS PROJECT IT ALL BACK ON ME. INTO THE DARKNESS I SEE THE SUN AND IT'S ROTTING AWAY. INTO THE DARKNESS I'VE WATCHED YOU BECOME WHAT YOU HATE. INTO THE DARKNESS I CAN'T STAND TO SEE YOU THIS WAY. INTO THE DARKNESS I'M LETTING IT GO, IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS. SO TALK YA SHIT AND SPEAK YA LIES. STAB ME IN THE BACK AND I'LL REMOVE THE FUCKING KNIVES. RISE ABOVE YOU AND YOUR DISGUISE. JUDGING EYES ALL ON ME BUT STILL I WALK WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH.
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Outlive 04:22
I WAS TAUGHT TO FAIL FROM AN EARLY AGE, TORN APART FROM TWO SIDES THEN REPLACED. I RELY ON CONFIDENCE TO SHIELD THE WAY I FEEL, NOW WHAT DO YOU SEE? NOTHING WHAT'S UNDERNEATH BUT YOU SEE THAT I'M BORN TO BE INSIDE THIS PRECIOUS SKIN. IT'S THESE SAME TRAITS THAT I SEE IN HIM. I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE I HAD SOMETHING TO PROVE & NOW I KNOW, KNOW FOR SURE THAT YOU FEEL IT TOO. I SEE IT IN HIM, I SEE IT IN YOU, THIS DOG WILL OUTLIVE US ALL. WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS THERE'LL BE NO PLACE TO STAY, NO ROOM TO BREATHE & NO PEACE TO MAKE. EVERY TIME I TRY I FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING GRIP, I'M FAILING, BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO LET GO OF IT, THE MORE I TRY THE MORE IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE SHIT, I'M FAILING BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO LET GO OF IT. I SEE IT IN HIM, I SEE IT IN YOU. THIS WILL OUTLIVE US ALL.
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THERE WILL BE NO SYMPATHY. YOU'VE MADE YOUR CHOICE YOU'RE PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN.
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Worlds Apart 04:30
A COWARD IN THE EYES OF REALITY, I TRY TO FACE IT BUT THE REFLECTIONS WHAT'S KILLING ME. WALK WITH ME MY BROTHER AND YOU CAN TELL ME AGAIN HOW ALL STARS BURN OUT IN THE END. I RUE WHAT WE LOST, WHAT WE SHARED & ALL WE'VE EVEN KNOWN. IT CAME AT SUCH A COST, TEARING THROUGH BOTH OF US, IT'S TIME I LET IT GO. SITTING BY MY SIDE COMING HOME ON EASTER AND I REMEMBER WE WERE WORLDS APART, BLOOD IS THICK BUT IT'S RUNNING DRY, I THINK YOU'RE FUCKING LOST YOU THINK YOU'VE OPENED YOUR EYES, YOU PUT ME IN THIS POSITION, YOU PUT YOURSELF IN HELD AND I CAN'T HELP THOSE THAT WON'T HELP THEMSELVES, I CAN'T HOLD MYSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ANYMORE. I CAN'T LET THIS BE THE ACT THE MOMENT THAT DEFINES ME.

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STAUNCH - IMPULSE TO DESTROY (BW03)

AFTER NUMEROUS SHOWS AROUND AUSTRALIA AND KARAOKE AT THE LOCAL RSL, STAUNCH ARE FINALLY RELEASING THEIR SECOND EP 'IMPULSE TO DESTROY'. CHANNELING CLASSIC CROSSOVER AND GIVING THEIR OWN SPIN ON IT, THIS RELEASE WILL SURE TO MAKE YOU HEAD BANG UNTIL YOUR HEAD COMES CLEAN OFF.

THIS IS BEST WISHES RELEASE NUMBER 03 // BW03

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released April 30, 2017

ANGUS
JACK
SAMUEL
MITCH
NICK

RECORDED AT THE BRAIN STUDIO BY CLAYTON SEGELOV & LUKE COREY
VOCALS RECORDED AT TOMMIROCK STUDIOS BY MITTA NORATH
MIXED AND MASTERED BY CLAYTON SEGELOV
COVER DESIGN AND LAYOUT BY CAMERON BLANCH
BACK DESIGN AND LAYOUT BY SAMUEL OSMOND
INSERT DESIGN AND LAYOUT + CD DESIGN AND LAYOUT BY CEEXJAY

ADDITIONAL VOCALS ON ROTTING AWAY PERFORMED BY MCRACKEN OF OVERPOWER

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